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Major bridges in Hong Kong Name Year opened Length (m) Franchise expiry Owner/operator Toll Daily traffic Daily capacity Tsing Ma Bridge: 1997: 1,377 Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited: No: 94,185 (as of Aug 2019) Kap Shui Mun Bridge: 1997: 1,323 Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited: No Ting Kau Bridge: 1998: 1,177 Hong Kong Government ...
The Lo Wu Bridge (simplified Chinese: 罗湖桥; traditional Chinese: 羅湖橋) is a footbridge and steel railway truss bridge across Sham Chun River linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Due to the course of widening the river section at Lo Wu , it is necessary to reconstruct the Lo Wu railway bridge as its span is not long enough for the widened ...
Hong Kong held a vital position in protecting British trading interests in South China. The idea of connecting Hong Kong and China with a railway was first proposed to prominent Hong Kong businessmen in March 1864 by a British railway engineer, Sir Rowland MacDonald Stephenson, who had considerable experience of developing railways in India.
The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line is the second railway link between Hong Kong and mainland China, relieving passenger congestion at Lo Wu station. The 7.4 km (4.6 mi) alignment branches off the existing MTR East Rail line north of Sheung Shui station [ 1 ] and then runs to the Lok Ma Chau station where customs and immigration facilities are provided.
In the mid 2010s, news reports noted that the site would be developed for housing, and a new station built to serve the site. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2016, Leung Chun-ying announced in the 2016 Policy Address that the Government was working with MTR Corporation regarding future development sites, including at Siu Ho Wan Depot.
The Rambler Channel Bridge is a quadruple-track railway bridge in Hong Kong. It carries the MTR 's Airport Express and Tung Chung line over the Rambler Channel , linking Tsing Yi station and Lai King station .
Beijing West station The façade of Hung Hom station (Hong Kong Coliseum in the background). Construction of the railway began in February 1993. It was opened on 1 September 1996, connecting Beijing and Shenzhen (and thereupon with Kowloon through the KCR East Rail) through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2,397 kilometres (1,489 mi).
After the development of Tsuen Wan as a satellite town was gazetted by the British Hong Kong government in 1961, the Overseas Chinese Daily News published a special report on 29 October the following year discussing the need for pedestrian bridges in satellite towns, including Tsuen Wan, in an attempt to raise public awareness of the ...